As reported here Saturday morning, former Air Force secondary coach Curome Cox has joined Tony Elliott’s Virginia staff.

Virginia has found some help for its depleted defense through the transfer portal.

Virginia has offered at least three offensive linemen presently in the transfer portal. The Cavaliers are in dire need of players at those positions after losing their entire starting offensive line, mostly as transfers.

Could it be that Virginia may go back to Colorado Springs for another assistant football coach?

Thursday turned out to be a great news day for Virginia football fans.

John Rudzinski, who led Air Force to the No. 4 national ranking in total defense, is the Cavaliers’ new defensive boss.

Jamshid “Jim” Bakhtiar, a former Virginia football All-American, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 9. He was 88 years old.

Virginia football coach Tony Elliott announced today the hiring of Kevin Downing as an assistant coach. Downing will coach on the Cavaliers’ defensive side of the ball.

When Tony Elliott was introduced as Virginia’s new head football coach a few weeks ago, one of the faces in the crowd to greet him was former Cavaliers All-American Chris Slade.

According to Yahoo Sports reporter Pete Thamel, former Virginia All-American defensive end Chris Slade is returning to the Cavaliers’ coaching staff along with two other coaches expected to be hired in the coming days: Army wide receiver coach Keith Gaither and Navy defensive line coach Kevin Downing.

Tony Elliott has hired his new offensive coordinator, Des Kitchings, according to Atlanta Falcons’ head coach Arthur Smith.

Tony Elliott has his eyes on luring Purdue co-defensive coordinator Brad Lambert, and is also looking at Navy defensive coordinator Brian Newberry as a possibility to join his new Virginia coaching staff.

While Virginia entered the New Year with the most football players on the FBS side of the transfer portal (19), the Cavaliers have reached out with offers to a couple of linemen that left other programs.

Wayne Taulapapa, the Cavaliers’ regular starting running back for the past three years, announced on his Twitter account on Thursday that he plans to leave the program.

Long-time Clemson SID Tim Bourret joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to share with us his favorite stories of new Virginia football Tony Elliott, dating back to when Elliott walked on at Clemson in 1999.

Dr. Winston Gwathmey joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to give us a glimpse into the cancellation of the Wasabi Fenway Bowl due to COVID.

Jerry Ratcliffe welcomes Chris Graham to the show to discuss the latest offseason news with Virginia Football.